I read “Afghanistan: Support needed until 2024” in the Dec. 6 Gazette and came away shaking my head in disbelief. …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2011 2:09 pm5143d ago
I read “Afghanistan: Support needed until 2024” in the Dec. 6 Gazette and came away shaking my head in disbelief. …
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Today in our mail was another request for more money. A request from a local cable company for $1 a …
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Today is the anniversary of the Bill of Rights. That was not my idea. Neither was concealed carry. If a …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 14, 2011 2:06 pm5143d ago
The new roundabout on Lucore Road in Marion is not only efficient, but truly an artistic delight, as well. Traffic …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2011 12:48 pm5144d ago
While many individuals, municipalities, counties and states in America, as well as many countries around the world, have made progress …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2011 12:46 pm5144d ago
We the people are facing more oppression than our Founding Fathers. Government exists to secure the civil rights bestowed upon …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 13, 2011 12:44 pm5144d ago
Bravo to a Polk County judge who ruled that Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s line-item veto of a bill keeping 36 …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2011 12:00 pm5145d ago
Please respond, any Tea Party person. Is the Tea Party trying to: l Get rid of that nanny seat-belt law …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2011 11:59 am5145d ago
What a great experience my husband, my sister and I had on Saturday! We were among the hundreds of people …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2011 11:58 am5145d ago
Recently, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made a statement equating Palestinians to terrorists and denying the reality of their displacement …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2011 11:57 am5145d ago
While out shopping, my daughter, age 4, found a Princess Tiana doll that she loved. Like many other parents do, …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 12, 2011 11:57 am5145d ago
During Saturday’s ABC News Republican presidential candidates debate, questioning rounds were interspersed with paid political messages from the very candidates …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2011 8:08 am5146d ago
I still can’t believe that my brother is turning 6 this month. It seems like yesterday when my dad was …
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Letters to the Editor Dec. 11, 2011 8:07 am5146d ago
Must Kirk Ferentz and his staff go just because he makes big dollars? The top 20 highest-paid college football coaches …
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